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Bills · 2019-2020 Regular Session

SB 108

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Relating to: vacancies in elective offices in cities and villages.

Milwaukee — City Municipality — Council Municipality — Elections Municipality — Finance Municipality — Officers Municipality — Taxation Public officers Sanitation and sewerage management Village — Elections Village — Officers

  1. Introduced, completed
  2. Passes Senate, completed
  3. Passes Assembly, completed
  4. Governor signs, completed
  5. Law, completed

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

This bill reorganizes the statutes prescribing the methods for filling vacancies

in elective offices in cities and villages. Under current law and under the bill, a

special election to fill a vacancy in a city or village office may be held as follows:

1. If the vacancy occurs no later than December 1, the municipality holds the

special election concurrently with the spring election.

2. If the vacancy occurs after December 1, the municipality holds the special

election concurrently with the spring election in the following year.

3. If the vacancy occurs no later than June 1, the municipality holds the special

election concurrently with the general election.

4. If the vacancy occurs after June 1, the municipality holds the special election

concurrently with the general election in the following year.

The bill also clarifies that a vacancy in an elective office in a city and village may

be filled by appointing a successor to serve for the residue of the unexpired term or

until a special election is held or the office may remain vacant until an election is

held.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Bernier (R) , Nass (R) , Stroebel (R)

5 cosponsors

Brooks (R) , Knodl (R) , Murphy (R) , Subeck (D) , Wichgers (R)

Votes

Senate: Report adoption of Senate Substitute Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Elections, Ethics and Rural Issues, Ayes 5, Noes 0

Passed 5–0 Jun 17, 2019 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Senate: Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Elections, Ethics and Rural Issues, Ayes 5, Noes 0

Passed 5–0 Jun 17, 2019 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Assembly: CONCURRENCE

Passed 99–0 Feb 20, 2020 official source full page

Aye · 99

Full history

  1. Mar 15, 2019 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Stroebel, Nass and Bernier; cosponsored by Representatives Brooks, Knodl, Wichgers, Murphy and Subeck

  2. Mar 15, 2019 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Elections, Ethics and Rural Issues

  3. Apr 25, 2019 · Senate

    Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Stroebel

  4. May 7, 2019 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  5. Jun 5, 2019 · Senate

    Senate Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Senator Stroebel

  6. Jun 12, 2019 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  7. Jun 17, 2019 · Senate

    Report adoption of Senate Substitute Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Elections, Ethics and Rural Issues, Ayes 5, Noes 0

  8. Jun 17, 2019 · Senate

    Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Elections, Ethics and Rural Issues, Ayes 5, Noes 0

  9. Jun 17, 2019 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  10. Oct 28, 2019 · Senate

    Senate Amendment 1 to Senate Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Senator Stroebel

  11. Nov 1, 2019 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 11-5-2019 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  12. Nov 5, 2019 · Senate

    Read a second time

  13. Nov 5, 2019 · Senate

    Senate Amendment 1 to Senate Substitute Amendment 1 adopted

  14. Nov 5, 2019 · Senate

    Senate Substitute Amendment 1 adopted

  15. Nov 5, 2019 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  16. Nov 5, 2019 · Senate

    Rules suspended

  17. Nov 5, 2019 · Senate

    Read a third time and passed

  18. Nov 5, 2019 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  19. Nov 6, 2019 · Assembly

    Received from Senate

  20. Feb 18, 2020 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to committee on Rules

  21. Feb 18, 2020 · Assembly

    Made a special order of business at 11:28 AM on 2-20-2020 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 21

  22. Feb 20, 2020 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  23. Feb 20, 2020 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  24. Feb 20, 2020 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  25. Feb 20, 2020 · Assembly

    Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 99, Noes 0

  26. Feb 20, 2020 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  27. Feb 21, 2020 · Senate

    Received from Assembly concurred in

  28. Feb 25, 2020 · Senate

    Report correctly enrolled

  29. Feb 25, 2020 · Senate

    LRB correction (Senate Substitute Amendment 1)

  30. Feb 28, 2020 · Senate

    Presented to the Governor on 2-28-2020

  31. Mar 4, 2020 · Senate

    Report approved by the Governor on 3-3-2020. 2019 Wisconsin Act 164

  32. Mar 4, 2020 · Senate

    Published 3-4-2020